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Mark 5:9
And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.
Mark 5:9 · Bible in Basic English
Mark 5:9 in other translations
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
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In context
6 And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;
7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
8 For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.
9 And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.
10 And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.
11 Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.
12 And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.
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